Nikon Picture Control System

Create Images Exactly as You Imagine Them

Standard

Neutral

Vivid

Monochrome

Portrait

Landscape
A simple, effective image creation system that enables you
to flexibly control a wide range of shooting situations and
achieve your particular preferences
Naturally, you seek to create images that achieve your own
desired characteristics — images that project your own
particular style.
It’s a feeling shared by everyone who loves photographs and
loves taking them, professional and amateur alike. With digital
cameras, you’re able to control image characteristics such as
tone, hue, and contrast — and do so relatively easily. In turn,
this leads to an ever-growing penchant to create exactly the sort
of images you want, whether you’re a professional or amateur.
Picture Control System, Nikon’s all-new original system of
image creation settings, allows you to do precisely that. Now,
photographers at all levels, from novices to professionals, can easily
select and adjust Picture Control by simply using the screen settings
on their digital SLR cameras.
By utilizing the same Picture Control settings, users of Picture
Control System-compatible cameras* are able to shoot images with
virtually the same sharpening, contrast, brightness, saturation, and
hue, even with different camera models.
* D3X, D3, D700, D300S, D300, D90, D5000 and D3000, as of August 28, 2009.
CONTENTS
Outline/Main Features P. 2
Features of Basic Nikon Picture Controls
Standard P. 4
Neutral P. 5
Vivid P. 6
Monochrome P. 7
Portrait P. 8
Landscape P. 9
Picture Control Adjustments P. 10
Custom Picture Controls and Optional Picture Controls P. 18
Collaborative Applications P. 19
Display Calibration/Color Management of Printer P. 22
Guidelines for Settings that Approximate Picture Controls P. 23
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To ensure optimum clarity, all pictures appearing in this brochure were taken with the
Nikon D3, D700, D300S or D90, at [Standard] Picture Control setting, and the resulting
images were processed on a computer using Picture Control.
Using one of these cameras and the same settings, you should be able to obtain similar
results.
Main Features of the Picture Control System
Six Kinds of Picture Controls
Nikon Picture Control System-compatible cameras feature six types of
Picture Control: Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait*1 and
Landscape*1. Using them allows you to flexibly adjust for Sharpening,
Contrast, Brightness and much more.*2
*1 Available as Optional Picture Controls for the D3X, D3, D700, D300S and D300
*2 Standard/Neutral/Vivid/Portrait/Landscape: Sharpening, Contrast, Brightness,
Saturation and Hue (coloration)
Monochrome: Sharpening, Contrast, Brightness, Filter Effects and Toning
Custom Picture Controls
Allow you to designate Nikon Picture Controls to which you’ve made
adjustments and register them as custom Picture Controls. What’s
more, you can input and register custom Picture Controls created on
another camera or computer by reading them from a memory card.
Optional Picture Controls
Optional Picture Controls Portrait (for natural-looking images with a real
sense of depth and for smooth reproduction of skin tone) and Landscape
(for lively natural scenes and vibrant city streets), both pre-installed in
the D90, D5000 and D3000, can be downloaded from Nikon's website
for installation in the D3X, D3, D700, D300S and D300.
The ViewNX software included with the camera and the optional
software Capture NX 2 feature D2X/D2XS Optional Picture Control,
which enables you to apply color reproduction approximating that of
the D2X and D2XS. You can download the D2X/D2XS Optional Picture
Control from Nikon's website and install it in the D3X, D3, D700, and
D300. The pre-installed Picture Controls and the Optional Picture
Controls are known collectively as Nikon Picture Controls.
* Users of older versions of ViewNX and Capture NX 2 that do not feature Picture Control
Portrait or Landscape can use them by updating the software via Nikon's website.
Quick Adjust
With the Standard and Vivid controls, Quick Adjust makes it easy
to achieve well-balanced adjustments. You can make five levels of
modification, with Sharpening, Contrast, and Saturation all adjusted
automatically. Plus, after using Quick Adjust, you can carry out finer,
more detailed modifications to each item to suit your particular
preferences and get the exact results you require.
Picture Control Grid
Picture Controls can be displayed as coordinates on a grid, based on
the common Picture Controls standard, with Contrast as the vertical
axis and Saturation as the horizontal axis*. This enables you to visually
determine the relationships between your selected Picture Control and
other Picture Controls.
*In Monochrome, only Contrast is shown.
Brightness Adjustment
Enables you to not only adjust the brightness of an image, but also
the gradations and richness of highlighted and shadowy areas within
that image. This exceptional depiction of gradations is unique to Nikon
digital SLR cameras.
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Picture Control Settings

Standard
Choose [Set Picture Control] from the shooting menu
and a list appears.
Select your desired Picture Control type and press “OK”.
Gives you standard, balanced images with no inconsistencies in the strength of the subject’s sharpening,
Neutral
Delivers images that are closest to the actual original scene. To reproduce the subject’s unique
contrast, brightness, saturation and coloration. Before you know it, you’ll be taking shots with vibrant colors and gradations with maximum authenticity, avoid extreme enhancements. Compared to
colors that linger in the viewer’s memory. Moreover, you’ll be able to print out images that display an Standard, Neutral gives a more soothing overall impression. It’s also ideal for materials that you plan
attractive finish, with no need for special processing. to adjust after shooting to express a specific idea.
Suitable for portraits, snapshots, landscape pictures and just about anything else. Neutral

D3 monitor.
You can also select settings from the grid display
that show the relation between your selected Picture
Control and other Picture Controls. Simply press “OK”.

D3 monitor. • Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED • Image quality: 14-bit RAW (NEF) • Exposure: [M] mode, 1/250 second, f/7.1
• White balance: Color Temp (5000K) • Sensitivity: ISO 6400

Standard

• Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED • Image quality: 14-bit RAW (NEF) • Exposure: [M] mode, 1/500 second, f/11 • White balance: Auto • Sensitivity: ISO 200 • Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED • Image quality: 12-bit, lossless-compressed RAW (NEF) • Exposure: [P] mode, 1/400 second, f/10 • White balance: Auto • Sensitivity: ISO 200
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Vivid
For distinct, colorful, fresh-looking images with just the right emphasis on your
Monochrome
Gives you monochromatic shadings, such as black-and-white or sepia. You can also select
subject’s contrast and sharpening. Compared with Standard, Vivid bestows a more Filter Effects, to create the kind of results you get when shooting with a color filter for
glamorous overall impression. black-and-white photographs; and Toning, to adjust the overall tone of images in a way that
It’s ideal for situations where you wish to emphasize primary colors, such as colorful formerly required working in a darkroom with photographic paper when shooting with film.
Vivid fashions, city streets, fresh fruits and floral arrangements. Use monochrome shooting to endow your subjects with greater allure.

• Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED • Image quality: 12-bit, compressed RAW (NEF) • Exposure: [M] mode, 1/320 second, f/8 • White balance: Auto • Sensitivity: ISO 200
Standard Toning [Red Purple] Toning [Blue Green]

• Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED • Image quality: 14-bit RAW (NEF) • Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G IF-ED • Image quality: 14-bit RAW (NEF)
• Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED • Image quality: 14-bit RAW (NEF) • Exposure: [M] mode, 1/250 second, f/16 • White balance: Flash • Sensitivity: ISO 200
• Exposure: [A] mode, 1/125 second, f/11 • White balance: Auto • Sensitivity: ISO 6400 • Exposure: [M] mode, 1/2,500 second, f/4 • White balance: Color Temp (7140K) • Sensitivity: ISO 400
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Portrait
Using Neutral as its base, Portrait imparts more natural appearing skin. Skin tones are
Landscape
Produces a more profound intensity than Standard. Compared with Vivid, Landscape
more lifelike, projecting a real sense of depth — as if shot with professional-quality creates more soothing, relaxed colors, effective for nature scenes. Rich gradations
film — for a clear, authentic finish. For subjects other than human skin, it delivers vivid with an eye-catching appeal enhance the vibrancy and liveliness of landscapes,
colors for bold impressions. nature and even city street scenes.
Portrait Landscape

Standard Standard

• Camera: D90 • Lens: AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF • Image quality: 12-bit RAW (NEF) • Exposure: [M] mode, 1/800 second, f/5 • White balance: Cloudy • Sensitivity: ISO 200 • Camera: D90 • Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR • Image quality: 12-bit RAW (NEF) • Exposure: Advanced Scene Mode [Landscape], 1/50 second, f/8 • White balance: Auto • Sensitivity: Auto (800)
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N ikon P ic t ur e C on t r o ls These enable you to adjust the sharpening, contrast, and brightness to suit your specific needs.
With Standard, Neutral, and Vivid, you can adjust Sharpening, Contrast, Brightness, Saturation,
Picture Control Adjustments and Hue (coloration); with Monochrome you can adjust Sharpening, Contrast, Brightness, and
set Toning, Toning Saturation, and Filter Effects.

Quick Adjust
Quick Adjust enables easy, balanced adjustments of Standard and Vivid.
Adjustments can be made at five levels, from [-2] to [+2], with
Sharpening, Contrast, and Saturation adjusted automatically. Moving
toward the minus side results in images with more subdued Standard
and Vivid characteristics; moving toward the plus side results in images
that emphasize those characteristics.
With Quick Adjust, you can make fine adjustments to all five items,
including Brightness and Hue (coloration), to suit your particular needs.

Standard
Quick Adjust [-2]

Quick Adjust [-2] Quick Adjust [0] Quick Adjust [+2]

• Camera: D300S • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G • Image quality: 14-bit, lossless-compressed RAW (NEF) • Exposure: [M] mode, 1/100 second, f/5 • White balance: Cloudy • Sensitivity: ISO 400

Vivid

Quick Adjust [+2]

• Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED • Image quality: 12-bit, lossless compressed RAW (NEF)
• Exposure: [M] mode, 1/10 second, f/6 • White balance: Cloudy • Sensitivity: ISO 200

Picture Control Grid

Pressing the [Thumbnail/Playback Zoom] button while making adjustments changes the screen to a grid
display, causing the Picture Controls stored in your camera to be shown as relative Contrast and Saturation
coordinates.
Unlike the slider display of the Picture Control adjustment screen, the grid display shows Contrast and
Quick Adjust [-2] Quick Adjust [0] Quick Adjust [+2] Saturation positions* based on a common Picture Controls standard. With use, it becomes visually clear
that the Contrast 0 and Saturation 0 settings for Standard are not exactly the same as those for Vivid,
• Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED • Image quality: 14-bit RAW (NEF) • Exposure: [A] mode, 1/3200 second, f/32 • White balance: Incandescent • Sensitivity: ISO 6400 despite the fact that they both appear as 0 on their respective Picture Control adjustment screens.
*In Monochrome, only Contrast is shown.
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Picture Control Adjustments

Sharpening
Enables you to alter the strength of your subject’s contours in ten
levels, starting from [0] (no sharpening). You can also set the camera
to [A] (auto), where it makes adjustments automatically to match
shooting conditions.
The lower the number, the softer your image will be; the higher the
number, the more distinct.
Sharpening [+5]

• Camera: D700 Lens: AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED • Image quality: 12-bit RAW (NEF) • Exposure: [A] mode, 1/200 second, f/4.2 • White balance: Color Temperature (5000K) • Sensitivity: ISO 640
Contrast [0] Contrast [-3]

• Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF • Image quality: 14-bit RAW (NEF) • Exposure: [M] mode, 1/250 second, f/10 • White balance: Flash • Sensitivity: ISO 200
Sharpening [0] Sharpening [+7]

Contrast
For fine-tuning the contrast of your images in seven levels, from [-3]
to [+3]. You can also set the camera to [A] (auto), where it makes
adjustments automatically to suit shooting conditions. Adjusting
toward the minus side provides softer image tones; adjusting toward
the plus side results in harder image tones. The minus side is suitable
for shooting portraits in sunlight or situations where you might be
concerned about lost highlights; the plus side is better for situations Note: Unless Active D-Lighting is set to OFF, the
such as distant scenes shrouded in mist. level of Contrast cannot be adjusted.

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Picture Control Adjustments

Brightness
While making adjustments for overall image brightness, you can choose
from [-1], [0], or [+1] for even richer expression of gradations, in either the
black or the white areas.
Setting to [-1] creates subdued brightness while the gradations of
the shadowy areas are intensified; setting to [+1] increases overall Brightness [0]

brightness while deepening the gradations of the highlighted areas.

Note: Unless Active D-Lighting is set to OFF, the

level of Brightness cannot be adjusted.

Brightness [+1] • Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED • Image quality: 14-bit RAW (NEF)
• Exposure: [M] mode, 1/50 second, f/8 • White balance: Cloudy • Sensitivity: ISO 200

Saturation [+1] Hue [-1]

Saturation Hue
Lets you control the saturation of Allows you to adjust the hue of images
images in seven levels, from [-3] to in seven levels, from [-3] to [+3].
[+3]. You can also set the camera to In terms of skin tones, the minus side
[A] (auto), where it makes adjustments increases reddishness, while the plus
automatically to suit shooting side enhances yellow tones.
conditions.
Moving toward the minus side results
in a softer degree of brightness;
moving toward the plus side provides a deeper brilliance.

Saturation [-3] Saturation [+3] Hue [-3] Hue [+3]

• Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED • Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED • Image quality: 14-bit RAW (NEF)
• Image quality: 12-bit, lossless compressed RAW (NEF) • Exposure: [P] mode, 1/640 second, f/13 • Exposure: [M] mode, 1/160 second, f/2.8 • White balance: Auto • Sensitivity: ISO 200
• White balance: Auto • Sensitivity: ISO 400

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 Filter Effects
Toning [Blue]

Toning
[OFF]
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Picture Control Adjustments

Enables you to modify color tones for the
Functions Unique to Monochrome overall image, in a manner similar to toning
photographic paper. Select from ten colors,
including the default [B&W] setting.

Filter Effects
Toning [Sepia] Toning [Green]]
[Y]

Filter Effects Y/O/R • Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED • Image quality: 14-bit RAW (NEF)
• Exposure: [A] mode, 1/125 second, f/11 • White balance: Cloudy
• Sensitivity: LO 1 (ISO-100 equivalent)
This function provides an effect similar to shooting black-and-white Toning [Purple Blue]
photographs with a color filter.
It emphasizes the contrast of [Yellow], [Orange], and [Red], with
contrast strengthening in the order [Y] -> [O] -> [R]. Use for landscape
shots where you wish to soften the brightness of the sky for a deeper
expression.
Filter Effects
[O]

• Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S Nikkor 400mm f/2.8D IF-ED II • Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED • Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S VR Nikkor 200mm f/2G IF-ED • Image quality: 14-bit RAW (NEF)
• Image quality: 12-bit, lossless compressed RAW (NEF) • Image quality: 14-bit RAW (NEF) • Exposure: [M] mode, 1/500 second, f/2 • White balance: Color Temp (6670K)
• Exposure: [P] mode, 1/500 second, f/9 • Exposure: [A] mode, 1/200 second, f/5.6 • Sensitivity: ISO 6400
• White balance: Auto • Sensitivity: ISO 320 • White balance: Cloudy • Sensitivity: ISO 200

Filter Effects
[R] Yellow [2]

Filter Effects G Toning saturation

You can also choose from seven different
Provides an effect similar to shooting levels of color saturation (except [B&W]).
black-and-white photographs with a
green filter.
Lends a finely composed finish to skin
colors or lips, for example. Beneficial
for portrait photography. • Camera: D300S • Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED
• Image quality: 14-bit, uncompressed RAW (NEF) • Exposure: [A] mode, 1/2,000 second, f/10 Cyanotype [2] Cyanotype [6]
• White balance: Auto• Sensitivity: ISO 200
Filter Effects [OFF] Filter Effects [G]

Yellow [6]

• Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED

• Image quality: 12-bit compressed RAW (NEF) • Exposure: [M] mode, 1/5,000 second, f/3.5
• Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED • Image quality: 14-bit RAW (NEF)
• White balance: Auto • Sensitivity: ISO 320
• Exposure: [A] mode, 1/100 second, f/8 • White balance: Auto • Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED • Image quality: 12-bit compressed RAW (NEF)
• Sensitivity: LO 1 (ISO-100 equivalent) • Exposure: [M] mode, 1/200 second, f/11 • White balance: Auto • Sensitivity: ISO 200
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Create your own image style using Custom Picture Controls
Allows you to name in-camera Picture Controls that you’ve created to
suit your needs, registering them as Custom Picture Controls.
You can also use Picture Controls created with Picture Control Utility,
available via the ViewNX software supplied with the camera, or use
Picture Controls created on other cameras by importing them to the
camera on a memory card and registering them as Custom Picture
Controls. With a Nikon digital SLR camera that supports Picture Control,
you can store as many as nine Custom Picture Controls*.
* With future camera models, the number of custom Picture Controls you can install may differ.
Using Custom Picture Controls
Custom Picture Controls can be edited and registered in the camera. You
can also change their names, delete them, and copy them to a memory
card.
You can also freely share files between cameras or between users
using a memory card, as well as importing custom Picture Controls
created with Picture Control Utility and registering them in your
camera. Moreover, you can import custom Picture Controls created in
your camera to a computer via Picture Control Utility, then apply them
to images using the ViewNX (comes with the camera) or Capture NX
(optional).
You can even attach custom Picture Controls to e-mail messages to
share with other users (depending on your e-mail environment; Nikon
does not provide a special service for this purpose).
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C o llabor a t i ve A pp lica t ions
Optional Picture Controls
Optional Picture Controls Portrait (for natural-looking images with a real
sense of depth and for smooth reproduction of skin tone) and Landscape
(for lively natural scenes and vibrant city streets), both pre-installed in Picture Control
the D90, D5000 and D3000, can be downloaded from Nikon's website
for installation in the D3X, D3, D700, D300S and D300*1.
Utility
The ViewNX software included with the camera and the optional
The Picture Control Utility application, which manages and adjusts Picture Control files
software Capture NX 2 feature D2X/D2XS Optional Picture Control,
can be launched from either the ViewNX software, included with the camera, or the
which enables you to apply color reproduction approximating that of
optional Capture NX software.
the D2X and D2XS. You can download the D2X/D2XS Optional Picture
Control from Nikon's website and install it in the D3X, D3, D700, and Main Functions of Picture Control Utility
D300.
• Management of custom Picture Controls
With the D3X, D3, D700, D300S and D300, you can store as many as
For import/export of custom Picture Controls to or from the Picture Control list and
four Optional Picture Controls*2.
memory card, as well as for changing the names of custom Picture Controls in the Picture
*1 Users of older versions of ViewNX and Capture NX 2 that do not feature Picture Control Portrait or
Landscape can use them by updating the software via Nikon's website. Control list, and deleting them.
*2 The number of Optional Picture Controls that can be installed may differ with future camera models. • Picture Control Level Adjustments
URL For non-Monochrome Picture Controls, allows you to adjust the Sharpening, Contrast,
http://nikonimglib.com/opc/ Brightness, Saturation, and Hue (coloration), while checking the effects on a sample
image in real time. For Monochrome-related Picture Controls, permits you to adjust the
Sharpening, Contrast, and Brightness and to set Filter Effects and Toning.
Standard
For Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, D2XMODE1, D2XMODE2, and D2XMODE3,
adjustments can also be made using Quick Adjust.
Picture Controls you’ve adjusted can be overwritten or saved as new ones; in either case
the Picture Control function in the original software will automatically reflect the changes.
• Custom Tone Curves
Rather than making individual adjustments to Contrast and Brightness, you can use
custom tone curves to make adjustments to both at the same time. Custom tone curves
created with Picture Control Utility can be read from files and saved.
Picture Control Utility screen (custom tone curves not used) Picture Control Utility screen (custom tone curves used)
D2XMODE1
• Camera: D3 • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED • Image quality: 14-bit RAW (NEF)
• Exposure: [A] mode, 1/125 second, f/8 • White balance: Auto • Sensitivity: ISO 200
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ViewNX Camera Control Pro 2

The Picture Controls for [Advanced RAW] allow you to apply Picture Controls to any RAW image When a Nikon digital SLR camera that supports Picture Control is connected to a computer by
(NEF) file. USB, the Picture Controls can be selected and set in the Processing Panel of the Camera Control
Picture Controls can even be applied to RAW image (NEF) files taken on earlier models, such as Pro panel.
the D2XS. Pressing the [Edit] button causes Adjustment Dialog to appear, allowing you to modify the
currently selected Picture Control.
ViewNX
Pressing the [Custom Picture Control] button causes Custom Picture Control Dialog to appear,
allowing you to change the names of the camera’s custom Picture Controls or delete them.

Camera Control Pro 2: Processing panel Camera Control Pro 2: Adjustment dialog

Capture NX 2
In the Edit List, Picture Controls can be applied to any RAW image (NEF) file using Base
Adjustments -> Camera Adjustments -> Picture Control.
With the exception of Custom Tone Curves, you can also make adjustments to custom Picture
Controls in the same way as with Picture Control Utility.
Picture Controls can even be applied to RAW image (NEF) files taken on earlier models, such as
the D2XS. Camera Control Pro 2: Custom Picture Control dialog

Capture NX 2

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Reproducing images generated with Picture Control more accurately Picture Control Guidelines for creating images taken with cameras that do not support Picture Control
— Calibrating the display/Color management of printer — Using Picture Control, images taken with the D3X, D3, D700, D300S and D300 can be modified to approximate the color and other factors of images taken with cameras that
are not compatible with Picture Control.
The chart below indicates examples of settings.
Models/Color mode and Image
Settings for approximation with Picutre Controls
optimization settings
Notes
To ensure accurate reproduction of the colors you create with Picture Control, we recommend Color mode/Image
Models Picture Control Sharpening Contrast Brightness Saturation Hue
calibrating your display and setting up the printing printer printing color management output as optimization
D1 Standard 1 0 -1 0 0 Color space of D1 is NTSC (See Remark 8 below).
described below.
Mode I Standard 1 0 -1 0 0
D1H/D1X
Mode II Neutral 1 2 -1 0 0
Mode I Standard 1 0 -1 -1 0
Display Calibration D2H/D2HS Mode II Neutral 1 2 -1 1 0
Mode III Vivid 1 0 -1 -1 0
Calibrate display and create profile as follows, according to your computer operating system (for details, see Mode I Standard 1 0 -1 -1 0
D2X/D2XS Approximate settings in case of not using Optional Picture Controls. If you want higher level
your computer’s user guide). Mode II Neutral 1 2 -1 0 0 of approximation, download [D2XMODE1], [D2XMODE2], or [D2XMODE3], register it on
•Windows: Install and run display Calibration Utility (Case 1)
Mode III Vivid 1 0 -1 -1 0
camera via memory card, and then set up like [D2X/D2XS (Case 2)] (except D300S).

•Macintosh: Run the Correction Utility located within the Color tab, inside the Display folder of the Mode I D2XMODE1 1 0 -1 0 0 This is a case of downloading Optional Picture Controls [D2XMODE1], [D2XMODE2],
D2X/D2XS
System Preferences Mode II D2XMODE2 1 0 -1 0 0
or [D2XMODE3] from the Nikon website, registering on camera via memory card, and
using them (except D300S).
(Case 2)
Mode III D2XMODE3 1 0 -1 0 0 Note: This is not a perfect match, but you can get extreme accuracy.
[Note]
Display performance decreases as time passes. For optimum results, we recommend that you update display calibration and make profiles once a month. Mode I Standard 1 0 -1 0 0
For more accurate reproduction, a recognized calibrating toll is recommended. D100 Mode II Neutral 1 2 -1 1 0
Mode III Vivid 1 0 -1 -1 0
Normal Standard 3 0 -1 -1 0
Color Management of Printer Soft Standard 1 0 -1 -1 0
Vivid Vivid 4 -1 -1 -1 0
1. Using an image management application, assign an ICC profile* that corresponds to the specific D70/D70S Portrait Standard 2 0 -1 -1 0

combination of printer and paper. Landscape Vivid 4 -1 -1 -1 0

2. Turn OFF the printer’s tone correction function. Sharp Standard 5 0 -1 -1 0

Direct Print Standard 4 0 -1 -1 0
* For the optimum results, download the ICC profile that most closely corresponds to your needs from the printer manufacturer’s website. Printer Normal Standard 3 0 -1 0 0
manufacturers’ ICC profiles are designed for various specific combinations of their printers and original papers.
Soft Standard 1 0 -1 0 0
[Note] Vivid Vivid 4 -1 -1 -1 0
For more accurate printing, it is recommended that you use a recognized profile-making tool. When using an ICC profile that you created with a D50 Portrait Standard 2 0 -1 -1 0
recognized profile-making tool, the printer driver’s auto correction function has to be OFF.
Landscape Vivid 4 -1 -1 -1 0
Sharp Standard 5 0 -1 0 0
Direct Print Standard 4 0 -1 -1 0
Color Management of Capture NX 2 Normal Standard 3 0 -1 -1 0
Soft Standard 1 -2 -1 -1 0
D200 Vivid Vivid 4 0 -1 0 0
How to print using Capture NX 2 Picture Control settings More Vivid Vivid 5 2 -1 0 0
Portrait Standard 2 0 -1 -1 0
The [Preferences: Color Management] menu on Normal Standard 3 0 -1 0 0
Capture NX 2 allows you to make changes to Soft Standard 1 -2 -1 0 0
existing profiles and to apply customized color
D80 Vivid Vivid 4 -1 -1 0 0
management profiles.
More Vivid Vivid 5 1 -1 0 0
Portrait Standard 2 0 -1 0 0
To select an ICC profile for printing, go to
“Use this file when printing”, then select your Normal Standard 3 0 -1 0 0
desired ICC profile from [Preferences: Color Soft Standard 1 -2 -1 -1 0
Management] in the printer profile menu. D40 Vivid Vivid 4 -1 -1 0 0
More Vivid Vivid 5 1 -1 0 0
Note: Even if you do not make a selection in the Portrait Standard 2 0 -1 -1 0
[Preferences: Color Management] menu, if you have
previously made a selection at [Print Layout: Color Normal Vivid 3 0 -1 -1 0
Management], that selection will be applied. Soft Standard 1 -2 -1 0 0
D40X Vivid Vivid 4 -1 -1 0 0
More Vivid Vivid 5 1 -1 0 0
Portrait Standard 2 0 -1 0 0
Choose your desired ICC profile from the pull down menu
Remarks:
and check the relevant box. 1. The chart above shows a setting guideline that approaches color mode or image optimization settings of 6. Image control with Auto setting varies depending on cameras. Because of this, image creation with cameras
cameras that do not support Picture Controls. that do not support Picture Controls and Picture Control-compatible cameras differs when each factor is set to
2. The Hue of Picture Controls is designed differently from any color mode or image optimization setting of cameras Auto, resulting in seemingly low approximation.
that do not support Picture Controls. Because of this, completely the same Hue and image creation cannot be 7. The chart above is examples of approximation under the condition of the same sensitivity and exposure. The
realized, even if Picture Controls are set and well balanced. The settings of the chart show examples of the characteristics of determining exposure using Matrix Metering differ depending on cameras. Also, exposure
possibly closet result achievable within the limitations. might be altered by composition or slight difference in brightness distribution even with the same camera.
3. Each setting of image creation on the chart above shows the ones judged to have strong approximation in Exposure compensation is recommended when necessary.
comparisons conducted by Nikon. With some subjects, you may feel approximation level is low. 8. The chart above does not include Color Space setting. Color Space can be set up from Color Space in the
4. Each setting of image creation on the chart above shows the settings in order to approximate the default Shooting Menu.
settings of cameras that do not support Picture Controls. •The Color Space for the D1 is NTSC . The setting shown above is applied to images converted to sRGB or
5. Image creations of cameras that do not support Picture Controls change automatically depending on the AdobeRGB Color Space.
conditions of subjects since each factor of image creation is handled by Auto. Because of this, it might occur •If you have programmed a workflow in Mode II = AdobeRGB Color Space, set Color Space to AdobeRGB.
that the level of approximation seems low even if the settings follow the chart above.

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Capture NX 2 System Requirements Camera Control Pro 2 (Ver. 2.0.0) System Requirements
Windows Macintosh Windows Macintosh
OS 32-bit Windows Vista Home Basic/ Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.6 OS 32-bit Windows Vista Home Basic/ Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.10
Home Premium/Business/Enterprise/ Home Premium/Business/Enterprise/
Ultimate (Service Pack1), Windows XP Ultimate Windows XP Home Edition/
Home Edition/Professional (Service Professional (Service Pack 2),
Pack 3). This application requires a Windows 2000 Professional (Service
computer with a preinstalled operating Pack 4). This application requires a
system. computer with a preinstalled operating
system.
CPU Equivalent to Pentium 4 or more Equivalent to PowerPC G4, PowerPC
G5, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, CPU 1 GHz or higher Intel Celeron/Pentium Power PC G4/G5, 1 GHz or higher Intel
Intel Xeon or more 4/Core series Core Solo/Core Duo/Core 2 Duo/Xeon
RAM 768 MB (1 GB recommended) RAM 256 MB or more with Windows 256 MB or more (768 MB or more
XP/2000 (512 MB or more with recommended)
Hard disk Requires 200 MB or more for installation Windows Vista), 768 MB or more
Monitor 1,024 x 768 pixels (1,280 x 1,024 pixels 1,024 x 768 pixels (1,280 x 1,024 pixels recommended for all
recommended) and 16-bit color (32-bit recommended) and 64,000 colors (16.7 Hard disk Requires 50 MB or more for Requires 100 MB or more for
color recommended) million recommended) installation, 1 GB or more for running installation, 1 GB or more for running
Others • CD-ROM drive required for installation Monitor 1,024 x 768 pixels or more, 24-bit color (True Color) or more
• Internet connection required to utilize the Nikon Message Center function
• Import/export of Custom Picture Control requires a memory card that can be Interface USB: Only built-in USB ports USB: Only built-in USB ports supported
recognized in your camera. supported*1 Firewire: Only Firewire ports
IEEE 1394: Only OHCI-compliant supported
boards supported*2 * Operation when connected with USB hub
ViewNX (Ver. 1.4.0) System Requirements *1 Operation when connected with USB hub or Firewire hub is not guaranteed
is not guaranteed
Windows Macintosh *2 Use operation-guaranteed board

OS 32-bit Windows Vista Home Basic/ Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.11, 10.5.6, Compatible Nikon D3X, D3, D2 series, D1 series*, D700, D300S, D300, D200, D100, D90, D80, D70
Home Premium/Business/Enterprise/ 10.5.7 digital SLRs series, D60, D50, D40 series, D5000, D3000
* Among Intel-based Mac OSs, IEEE 1394 connection (D1 series) is supported only by Mac
Ultimate (Service Pack 2), Windows
OS X 10.4.10
XP Home Edition/Professional (Service Note: D3X, D700, D300S, D90, D60, D5000 and D3000 do not support Ver. 2.0.0.
Pack 3). This application requires a Please update the software via (http//www.nikon-image.com/jpn/support/download/
computer with a preinstalled operating digitalcamera/software/other.htm)
system.
Others •CD-ROM drive required for installation
CPU 1 GHz or higher Intel Celeron/Pentium Power PC G4/G5, Intel Core series/ •Internet connection may be required
4/Core series Xeon series
RAM 512 MB or more (1 GB or more recommended), 1 GB or more with Windows
•Camera control by Wireless Transmitter WT-2 is supported only with Windows XP Home Edition/
Vista (1.5 GB or more recommended)
Professional, Mac OS X (10.3.9 or later). Camera control by Wireless Transmitter WT-3 is supported
Hard disk Requires 500 MB or more for running (1 GB or more recommended), 50 MB or only with Windows XP Home Edition (SP1 or later)/Professional (SP1 or later), Mac OS X (10.3.9) or
more for installation later. Regarding Macintosh with Intel Processor, refer to (http://www.nikon-image.com/jpn/support/
Monitor 1,024 x 768 pixels, 24-bit color or more 1,024 x 768 pixels, 16.7 million colors whatsnew/2006/wnew060601.htm)
or more •Wireless camera control is supported only with Windows Vista (32-bit Home Basic/Home Premium/
Business/Enterprise/Ultimate), Windows XP Home Edition (SP1 or later, SP2 recommended)
File compatibility •Images, movies, sound files and image dust off data created by Nikon digital
cameras Professional (SP1 or later, SP2 recommended), Mac OS X (10.3.9 or later).
•NEF/NRW/TIFF (RGB)/JPEG format images generated by Nikon application
software, and MOV/AVI/MPEG1/WMV format movies
Others •CD-ROM drive required for installation.

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